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It's extremely difficult and I most definitely could not do it now. I could barely do it then. Basically, you use your forearms to balance yourself against the side of the horse as you put your foot in the one stirrup, then push up with your legs and swing wide to mount. (If that makes any sense.) It's technically not using your hands, not not using your arms, but it was always called that. I don't remember the logic behind it, but I remember thinking it was stupid. It was one of those things my grandfather and father were both very adamant about learning to do and if you didn't, no horseback riding for you. Of course, they also thought that one should start learning to ride when you were old enough to sit up on your own and you had to start on the donkey. Once you could control the donkey, you could move on the horse.

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